We are back in Yendi! Before we left Tamale we went to the bank and picked up the payroll then we went to the Nurses and Midwifery Council and picked up Steve’s Ghana nursing license renewal. We stopped by the lawyer’s office but he was not around and then we went to the Social Security office to make sure all the paper work was in order for the employees.
We got back to Yendi at noon. We had a good trip with no mishaps which is always a good thing. We stopped by to check on Red and the project he is doing for the gates to repair the damaged cement fence. He had one of them finished and it looked good. Steve is afraid that he did not allow enough length to be embedded into the cement footer. Red said it would not be a problem to add something to the bottom. It always seems to take a little while to make the first one and make sure that you get the pattern just right. The next ones should go a little faster.
Today was the first day of the monthly classes for the evangelists and church leaders. Timothy Niligrini taught most of the classes today. Steve went out this afternoon for a while and to pay the evangelists. The evangelists were happy to see Steve. I am sure they have been worried about his health and were happy to know that he was ok.
I spent a good portion of the afternoon counting money and dividing it into various pots. It is the only way we know how much we have to spend for what. Then I typed up the notes for Steve’s class tomorrow. He will have to pull the scriptures off and have them ready to hand out to the men. They like to have a copy of whatever he is teaching. Many of them cannot read English but most of the books of the Bible are similar enough that they know where to find the scriptures.
Mr. Adams brought the ASV (anti-snake venom medicine) this morning. We are proud to have some on hand just in case someone gets bitten. It has been over a year since we have had any. It is just nice for our peace of mind to have some. This ASV is in a powder form. We have never had the powder before but it is supposed to be a little more stable and have a longer expiration. There has not been the terrible shortage of ASV in the Yendi hospital as there has been in the past.
When we stay at a hotel we leave some money under the pillow for the lady that cleans the room. The hotel called on Tuesday and said they found money on the bed and wanted to give it back to us. Isn’t that sweet and honest. Steve had a hard time getting the guy to understand that we had left the money on purpose. Finally the man told Steve that he would hold the money for him until we came back. Yesterday in a face to face conversation we made him realize it was for the cleaning lady. Language Barrier!
Take care and have a great day!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
